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Originally Posted by OnlyCurious  Big companies use C++ as their foundation. I'm not saying big companies don't use Java, I already said it was a generalization and Java is a bonus if you know it. Actually, I disagree with you on the college students starting out with Java, there are so many schools that make C++ the fundamentals of computing. Java is an option in most colleges. |
My college info was also 'generalizing' off of what I know and have seen, but that's for a half-dozen or so colleges, and I know all have optional classes of every variety (C++, Java, etc.)...so I'll concur on that aspect, but I guess it's one of those two, in general...eh? Actually, I would think C would be the foundation (instead of C++). Regardless, it's one of those...hah.
From what I've seen in the job-world (through talking with people from working at smaller to the larger companies), C seems to be more widely used versus C++ just for the sake of those who never learned C++ back in the day (at least, that's what I hear).
Either way, some numbers would be nice, so if you have some spare time, Google some statistics and surprise us all. Everyone bases too much off of what they hear... and I'm no exception. :rolleyes:
Edit: I did attend a community college, but they don't push one over the other. Generally it seemed that they aimed for the local university's standard, but adjust if you're shipping off to a different four-year. Then again, that's ignoring their two-year degree in any area, but I'm sure it varies as the universities do.